Detachable grouter for wheels



Jan. 9, 1923.

1,441,645. J. l. VAN ORDEIN. DETACHABLE GROUTERIFOR WHEELS. FILED AUG-26. 1921.

ATTORNEYS Patented den. 9, i923.

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Application filed August 28, 1921. Serial No. 495,495.

'1 o aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, James I. VAN ORDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hachensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Grouters for Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wheels for vehicles or tractors and more particularly togrouter attachments which may be detachably secured to said wheels whereby they will be enabled to effectively trz *el in marshy or insecure ground without slipping.

The principal object of the invention is the production of a greater attachment for wheels which shall be strong and of simplicity of construction and which shall becapable of expeditious attachment to or detachment from the wheel.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the accompanying description, the invention consisting in the novel parts and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly clescribed and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing 1 have shown a practical embodiment of the invention as applied to a common type of wheel used on a motor truck, said wheel being supplied with a solid rubber tire engaging the telly with a removable rim for holding the tire in proper position. It will be understood, however, that the invention is not limited in its application to the specific type of wheel shown but that it may he used as effectively with other types without depart ing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: I

Fig. 1 is a horizontal section taken through a portion of a wheel showing my improved grouter attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one member of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawing:

1 indicates the folly of the wheel, 2 one of the spokes thereof, 3 the rims provided with channels l adapted to snugly receive the flanges 5 of a tire 6 whereby the tire is securely held to the rims. The said rims 3 may be held to the telly by suitable bolts 7 passing through the rims and :Eelly and detially two side members adapted to be de tachably secured together and to the wheel. Thebodies of said side members are indicated at 8 and are provided with horiv-i'intal arms 9 extending inwardly and transversely across the wheel with their sides tapering upwardly to a point as clearly illustratedin Figs. 2 and 3. The said side members also extend downwardly vertically to form arms which are recessed as at 10 to receive the channels 4.- of the rims 3, said recesses 1t'0rniing hooks 11 the lower ends of said side members adapted to engage the lower walls of said channels 4.. i

12 indicates annular bores or openings with which each or" the arms 9 of the side members is provided adjacent its inner en l said bores extending longitudinally through said arntis tor a certain distance as indicated in Fig. 1. 13 indicates a strengthening and supporting bar or rod of substantial strength and having an opening extending longitudinally therethrough which bar or rod snugly and slidably interfits with the bores 12. lPhe arms 9 are also provided with relatively small annular openings 14 extending longitudinally theretln'ough and communicating with the bores 1.2.

To mount the 'grouter on the wheel the side members are placed thereon in the position shown in Fig. 1 with the endsoi. the horizontal arms 9 in juxtaposition, the lower sides of said arms preferably engaging the tire 6 and the recesses 10 receiving the channels 4 of the rims and the hooks 11 engaging the underside of the lower wall of said channels. The bar or rod 13 is also inserted within the bores 12 and the members are detachably clamped together and to the wheel by means of an elongated bolt 15 which extends through the annular openings 14 in the horizontal arms 9 aswell as through the bar or rod 13 which effectively holds the parts together and permits them to be clamped tightly on the wheel by means of suitable nuts 16 screwed on the ends of said boltand tightened against the outer ends of said side members.

The construction of the device described permits of its expeditious attachment to a wheel and the strengthening and supporting bar or rod 13 acts to reinforce the device at the place where the strains and stresses are greatest and prevents breakage of the bolt 15 in that the bolt is supportedthroughout its entire length. Thus a bolt of relatively small diameter may be used which is desirable as it makes for lightness of weight of the structure as a whole while at the same time retaining the required. strength.

WVhen an automobile or other vehicle is run. into soft dirt or mud and the vehicle can not be releasedtherefrom because of the spinning, or slipping of the wheels the invention will be found useful as one or more of the grouters' may be applied to one Or. more of the wheels of the vehicle so that when the wheels are rotated the pointed tops of the side members of the device will efiectively dig into the earth and grip the same and prevent the wheels from slipping and thereby enable the vehicle to travel through the. soft dirt or mud in an obvious manner.

When the device is to be applied to a vehicle Wheel having'pneuma-tic tires the hooks 11 will engage beneath the rims ofthe tires and the lower sidesof the arms 9 will preferably rest on said tires. In thecase of a tractor wheel, the hooks 11 will grip the underside of the telly of the wheel andthe lower sides of the arms 9 will preferably engage the upper side ofthe felly. It will-thus be seen that a slight modification in the proportion of the sizes of the various parts of the grouter. may be easily made to suit vary ing'conditions and still be within the invention and that the device may be applied to any type of wheel. It will accordingly be understood that in the appended claims when I refer to the hooks engaging the telly of the wheel, the term telly may be also construed to mean the wheel rim.

What I claim as my inventionis:

1. In a grout-er attachment for wheels,

side members having horizontal arms ex tendlng transversely over the wheel, downwardly depending arms on said side members provided with hooks adapted to en'- gage a part of said wheel andmeans extending longitudinally through said horizontal arms for detachably securing said side mem bers together.

2. In a grouter attachmentfor wheels, side members. extending over the wheel and provided with, means adapted to engage a part of said wheel, said side members having openings therein, a strengthening bar extending within said openings and bolt eX- tendingthrough, said side members and said strengthening bar.

3. In a grouter attachment for wheels, side members having horizontal arms partially extending. transversely over the wheel whereby their ends are in juxtaposition, downwardly depending arms on said side members provided with hooked ends adapted to engage a part of said wheel and detachable means for clamping said side members to said telly.

at. In a grouter attachment. for wheels, side members having horizontal arms partially extending transversely across the wheel whereby their ends are in juxtaposition, downwardly depending arms on said side members provided with ends adapted to engage a part or" said wheel and means extending through said horizontal arms for detachably fastening said side members in position.

5. In a grouter attachment for wheels, side members having horizontal arms extending transversely over the wheel and provided with openings therein, downwardly depending arms on said side members provided with books adapted to engage a portion of said wheel, a removable strengtheningbar fitting within the openings in said horizontal arms and a removablebolt extending through said side'members and said strengthening bar for clamping said side members in position. V

6. In a groute r attachment for wheels, side members having horizontal arms extending transversely over the wheel whereby their ends will be brought into juxtaposition, said horizontal arms being provided with bores therein and with pointed upper sides, downwardly depending arms on said side mem bers provided with hooked ends adapted to engage a part or" said wheel, a removable strengthening rod fitting within said bores in said horizontal'arms and a boltextending through said horizontal arms and said rod for clamping. said side members in position.

Signed at New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, this 25th day oi August, A. D. 1921.

I JAMES I. VAN ORDEN. Witnesses:

F. B. TOWNSEND,- W. R. VVOMER. 

